Editorial Page Cap Questioned in CAP Controversy
The CAP project faces a legal challenge led by CCAP and supported by Maricopa Audubon Society and Native leaders over Orme Dam and linked structures. Critics cite environmental harm and loss of Fort McDowell burial sites while proponents stress Arizona water needs and farming’s economic role. The piece urges court reevaluation and exploration of using Colorado River water to cut costs and waste.
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Central Arizona Project
Congress
CCAP
Orme’ Dam
Salt and
Verde
Maricopa Audubon Society
Ft. McDowell
Charleston
Buttes
Hooker
Gila River
New Mexico
Orme Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Arizona
Bureau
Colorado River
Tortoise and Hare Revisited in German Car Tests
Two German accessory firms compared cars on a 1000 mile course with two drivers one aiming for speed and the other for safety. The fast car finished in 20 hours 12 minutes while the slower took 20 hours 43 minutes. In a second 800 mile test the fast car beat by 21 minutes.
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Bill Maule
West Germany
Germany
United States
Inside Report claims Soviet base in Berbera Somalia
Eyewitness details of a $100 million Soviet naval facility at Berbera portray Moscow expanding in the Indian Ocean. The article notes housing for officers, missile storage, and security, with implications for Diego Garcia and regional power dynamics.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Berbera
Moscow
Indian Ocean
U.S
Soviet Union
Somalia
Diego Garcia
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
U.S. Congress
Arab League
Siad Barre
Mogadishu
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Paradise Valley Council Criticized Over Alamos Project
A reader’s letter accuses Paradise Valley Town Council of breaking campaign promises on zoning and residential character while approving the Alamos Project and a two story medical complex. The writer urges better council constituent communication and recalls 1961 incorporation ideals.
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Paradise Valley
Alamos
L. Barry Palmer
Lincoln Drive
Helen,Marston
Paradise Valley Council OKs Alamos project absence dispute
Paradise Valley Town Council approved the Alamos development between Scottsdale and Quail Run Roads. Council member Barbara von Ammon explains she was out of town July 7 to July 13 for a course and did not attend the July 10 meeting, counters assertions of avoidance.
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Paradise Valley
Alamos
Scottsdale
Quail Run
Traute M. Kanwischer
the Progress
Barbara von Ammon
Council member opposes liquor sales at public Arts Center
In the Progress July 3 report, Dr. Heinz Hink voices objection to selling liquor in a public building. The writer, May Mathis of Scottsdale, joins in support of the council member’s stance.
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Heinz Hink
May Mathis
Scottsdale
Cronkite says tips, not bribes, in foreign film shipments
Walter Cronkite clarifies at Rutgers that his remark about bribes referred to small tips paid to expedite film shipments, not large, formal bribes. CBS and NBC executives dispute widespread bribery, noting no evidence or universal practice of quid pro quo payments.
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Cronkite
John D. Lofton JR
Washington
Walter Cronkite
CBS Evening News
Rutgers University
John DeButts
The
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
DeButts
Walter
Brunswick
N.J
Home News
Tv News
CBS
Salant
NBC News
Richard Ward
NBC
Wald
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Somali
Alamos Project
Council
Arts Center
Conservative
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earl Dr
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation Carrier and Motor Route
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